Koo Chen-fu
| Koo Chen-fu | |
|---|---|
| 辜振甫 | |
| Chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation | |
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In office 21 November 1990 – 3 January 2005 |
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| Deputy | Johnnason Liu |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by |
Johnnason Liu (acting) Chang Chun-hsiung |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
6 January 1917 Taihoku Chō, Taiwan, Empire of Japan |
| Died | 3 January 2005 (aged 87) Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality |
 Republic of China
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| Children | Chester Koo, Leslie Koo |
| Alma mater | Taihoku Imperial University |
Koo Chen-fu (Chinese: 辜振甫; pinyin: Gū Zhènfǔ; Wade–Giles: Ku Chen-fu, 6 January 1917 – 3 January 2005), also known as C.F. Koo, was a Taiwanese businessman and diplomat. He led the Koos Group of companies from 1940 until his death. As a chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF), Koo arranged the first direct talks between Taiwan and mainland China since 1949 and served as Taiwan's negotiator in both the 1993 and 1998 Wang-Koo summit.
He was also a film producer and produced a number of Taiwanese films between 1973 and 1982, such as Love, Love, Love (1974), Eight Hundred Heroes (1975), Heroes of the Eastern Skies (1977), The Coldest Winter in Peking (1981), and Attack Force Z (1982).
Born in northern Taiwan into a wealthy family headed by his father Koo Hsien-jung, Koo attended Taihoku Imperial University (now National Taiwan University). He inherited a substantial fortune and a business upon his father's death in 1937. Koo graduated in 1940 and pursued a graduate degree in Japan.
Koo was jailed in 1946 for 19 months on treason charges for helping Japanese. After his release, he took refuge in Hong Kong and only returned to Taiwan in 1949 to marry his wife, Cecilia Koo. He focused on running Koos Group as well as on his political career that led to his elevation to the central committee of Kuomintang.
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